Vivaldi Linux using too much memory and swap
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Chromium-freeworld (from RPM Fusion):
1 systemd 3484 kB 509 systemd-journal 1316 kB 529 systemd-udevd 5824 kB 699 auditd 600 kB 701 sedispatch 316 kB 721 ModemManager 1764 kB 722 accounts-daemon 1600 kB 723 alsactl 240 kB 724 avahi-daemon 312 kB 727 firewalld 21208 kB 729 irqbalance 172 kB 732 rngd 960 kB 735 rsyslogd 1052 kB 737 rtkit-daemon 268 kB 739 smartd 1436 kB 740 systemd-homed 1160 kB 741 systemd-logind 1156 kB 751 chronyd 264 kB 754 dbus-broker-lau 884 kB 756 avahi-daemon 320 kB 758 abrtd 2392 kB 776 dbus-broker 1732 kB 783 polkitd 7352 kB 784 abrt-dump-journ 2060 kB 785 abrt-dump-journ 2136 kB 786 abrt-dump-journ 1952 kB 798 NetworkManager 1832 kB 815 cupsd 2236 kB 821 gssproxy 672 kB 827 colord 1968 kB 932 atd 164 kB 933 crond 752 kB 943 lxdm-binary 296 kB 946 Xorg 19872 kB 972 lxdm-session 944 kB 975 gnome-keyring-d 896 kB 978 systemd-userdbd 932 kB 983 systemd 2040 kB 987 (sd-pam) 3684 kB 995 lxqt-session 5060 kB 1016 dbus-broker-lau 428 kB 1017 dbus-broker 948 kB 1028 imsettings-daem 1364 kB 1031 gvfsd 1008 kB 1036 gvfsd-fuse 908 kB 1125 xfconfd 608 kB 1181 ssh-agent 472 kB 1221 openbox 1876 kB 1224 com.gitlab.bits 15116 kB 1226 hp-systray 21320 kB 1232 blueberry-obex- 11884 kB 1238 agent 628 kB 1249 kscreen_backend 2236 kB 1251 pcmanfm-qt 17472 kB 1254 lxqt-globalkeys 4992 kB 1257 lxqt-notificati 4900 kB 1261 lxqt-panel 36136 kB 1265 lxqt-policykit- 4924 kB 1266 lxqt-runner 22332 kB 1269 xscreensaver 860 kB 1280 nm-applet 5704 kB 1332 dconf-service 772 kB 1333 abrt-applet 3312 kB 1340 abrt-dbus 2516 kB 1354 applet.py 15368 kB 1383 gvfsd-trash 1176 kB 1401 hp-systray 14316 kB 1402 hp-systray 14164 kB 1403 udisksd 3056 kB 1409 at-spi-bus-laun 800 kB 1410 gvfs-udisks2-vo 1868 kB 1411 pulseaudio 3404 kB 1418 dbus-broker-lau 332 kB 1427 dbus-broker 220 kB 1441 upowerd 1616 kB 1443 gvfs-mtp-volume 752 kB 1447 gvfs-afc-volume 956 kB 1451 gconf-helper 796 kB 1452 gconfd-2 632 kB 1470 gvfs-goa-volume 712 kB 1503 goa-daemon 6440 kB 1504 obexd 648 kB 1512 at-spi2-registr 636 kB 1542 xdg-desktop-por 1684 kB 1564 xdg-document-po 640 kB 1567 xdg-permission- 568 kB 1572 fusermount 112 kB 1577 xdg-desktop-por 3312 kB 1585 xdg-desktop-por 4224 kB 1589 pipewire 2608 kB 1593 pipewire-media- 1128 kB 1595 gnome-keyring-d 812 kB 1619 goa-identity-se 1016 kB 1621 gvfs-gphoto2-vo 964 kB 1643 sssd_kcm 908 kB 1644 lxqt-powermanag 4760 kB 1646 nm-tray 4788 kB 1660 gvfsd-metadata 2216 kB 13775 pcscd 1264 kB 19931 chromium-freewo 43044 kB 19936 cat 88 kB 19937 cat 88 kB 19943 chromium-freewo 15068 kB 19944 chromium-freewo 13192 kB 19946 chromium-freewo 13052 kB 19964 chromium-freewo 34344 kB 19972 chromium-freewo 22944 kB 19982 chromium-freewo 31196 kB 20029 chromium-freewo 28128 kB 20037 chromium-freewo 16952 kB 20128 chromium-freewo 204320 kB 20297 chromium-freewo 16200 kB 20375 chromium-freewo 17432 kB 20871 chromium-freewo 10944 kB
top - 20:36:42 up 11:29, 0 users, load average: 0.89, 1.86, 1.53 Tasks: 202 total, 1 running, 201 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie %Cpu(s): 1.8 us, 1.2 sy, 0.0 ni, 94.5 id, 2.2 wa, 0.2 hi, 0.2 si, 0.0 st MiB Mem : 3675.8 total, 159.6 free, 2905.2 used, 611.0 buff/cache MiB Swap: 3712.0 total, 2957.3 free, 754.7 used. 186.1 avail Mem
$ echo $? 0
$ swapon -s Filename Type Size Used Priority /dev/dm-0 partition 3801084 778148 -2
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Vivaldi uses less swap than Chromium
1756 vivaldi-bin 11168 kB
1757 vivaldi-bin 8968 kB
1759 vivaldi-bin 8972 kB
1780 vivaldi-bin 43824 kB
1783 vivaldi-bin 43324 kB
1792 vivaldi-bin 12316 kB
19943 chromium-freewo 15068 kB
19944 chromium-freewo 13192 kB
19946 chromium-freewo 13052 kB
19964 chromium-freewo 34344 kB
19972 chromium-freewo 22944 kB
19982 chromium-freewo 31196 kB
20029 chromium-freewo 28128 kB
20037 chromium-freewo 16952 kB
20128 chromium-freewo 204320 kB
20297 chromium-freewo 16200 kB
20375 chromium-freewo 17432 kB
20871 chromium-freewo 10944 kBPossibility the issue lies on your sys specs. I suggest a hardware upgrade.
The number of replies is too high (22), better tag it as Unsolved.
If you have further questions, please start a new thread.Sorry for the inconvenient.
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This script sums the amount of Ram usage, and displays the output on Desktop. Add it as a cronjob
In case you want to try, just let me know.
Btw, verified by @RuarΓ, just in case.
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@lamarca Cron job? I'm not that technical when it comes to Linux.
I ran those commands when the hard drive activity light began to light up (more or less) non-stop. It took quicker for Chromium than it did for Vivaldi.
Otherwise, Vivaldi and Chromium run fine under normal browsing.
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@edwardp said in Vivaldi Linux using too much memory and swap:
Cron job?
Cron executes "tasks" at a particular time.
More details on Man Pages -
@lamarca I know what a cron job is, it's just that I consider myself an end-user of Linux. In the past, when I first used it, if I inadvertently broke something, I simply reinstalled the OS.
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@edwardp said in Vivaldi Linux using too much memory and swap:
I know what a cron job is, it's just that I consider myself an end-user of Linux
We are permanently learning new things, but .... no end user:)
@edwardp said in Vivaldi Linux using too much memory and swap:
In the past, when I first used it,
Well ... depends on what sort of instructions Cron was told to run. That was scheduled ..... by you
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@lamarca said in Vivaldi Linux using too much memory and swap:
Well ... depends on what sort of instructions Cron was told to run. That was scheduled ..... by you
...when Linux was installed by me.
And yes, we all learn something new.
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